Virtual Festivals is a UK music website that publishes news, reviews, listings, videos, photographs, interviews and competitions on
music festivals. It was launched by Steve Jenner in 1999.
Virtual Festivals was written about in ''
The Independent
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s "10 Best Sites of the Week" on 26 May 2001. The site joined
Facebook
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in 2007 and was described by the ''
Birmingham Post'' as "the first social networking festival portal".
The site holds its own annual awards show, the Virtual Festivals Awards, which has been covered by ''The Independent''.
Material from the Virtual Festivals site has been reproduced by publications such as ''
The Spectator
''The Spectator'' is a weekly British magazine on politics, culture, and current affairs. It was first published in July 1828, making it the oldest surviving weekly magazine in the world.
It is owned by Frederick Barclay, who also owns ''The ...
''.
The Virtual Festivals business was put up for sale by tender in February 2014.
Sale Notification - Sale By Tender - Virtual Festivals.com Limited
Government Auctions. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
Festivals
With a team of more than 200 writers and photographers, the site covers major UK and international music festivals, including:
* Glastonbury Festival
* Reading Festival
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend. The Reading Festiv ...
* Leeds Festival
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend. The Reading Festiv ...
* T in the Park
T in the Park festival was a major Scottish music festival that was held annually from 1994 to 2016. It was named after its main sponsor, Tennents. The event was held at Strathclyde Park, Lanarkshire, until 1996. It then moved to the disused B ...
* Isle of Wight Festival
The Isle of Wight Festival is a British music festival which takes place annually in Newport on the Isle of Wight, England. It was originally a counterculture event held from 1968 to 1970.
The 1970 event was by far the largest of these early ...
* V Festival
* Download Festival
* Sonisphere Festival
The Sonisphere Festival was a touring rock music festival which took place across Europe between the months of June and August. The festival was owned by John Jackson and Kilimanjaro Live. It was jointly promoted by K2 and Kilimanjaro Live. It ...
* RockNess
References
External links
* {{Official, http://www.virtualfestivals.com/
British music websites